⁶ But from the beginning of the creation, God ^(A)‘made them male and female.’

²⁷ So God created man ^(A)in His own image; in the image of God He created him; ^(B)male and female He created them.

² He created them ^(A)male and female, and ^(B)blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.

The History of Creation^(A)

1 In the ^(B)beginning ^(C)God created the heavens and the earth.

⁴ and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of ^(A)creation.”

^19 (A)For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be.

²⁰ So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

²¹ And the Lord God caused a ^(A)deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. ²² Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He ^[a]made into a woman, ^(B)and He ^(C)brought her to the man.

²³ And Adam said: